Kitty Kelley

I am what is known as a benched Catholic and disillusioned by the church doctrine. I believe in things the Catholic Church does not believe in: divorce being one, and a women's right to choose being another.

Studies have been done showing that there really are gender differences, that women do bring more congeniality and compromise to the table.

Kennedy was haunted by the Bay of Pigs invasion but carried the country through the Cuban Missile Crisis. He later increased the number of U.S. military advisers to South Vietnam to more than 16,000.

I tend to place my own value in spirituality rather than religiosity.

Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to ensure fair pay for women in the workplace. In addition, he succeeded in getting a measure passed to end discrimination against gays in the military.

Most historians agree that Abraham Lincoln was the most important man to ever occupy the White House because he abolished slavery and kept the states united through a bloody civil war.

While many applauded Oprah for opening her heart to young girls in South Africa, some criticized her for not investing in the youth of America.

I have believed in the biographies I have written. I truly can tell you that they have influenced our society politically, culturally, socially.

People forget that unauthorized does not mean untrue and authorized does not mean authentic.

A hero is someone we can admire without apology.

I was raised Irish Catholic and went to Holy Names Academy, an all-girl's private Catholic school. I loved the nuns there and I love them to this day.

I would love to do an unauthorized biography about Congress... It's like a secret society up there.